The 10 Most Disturbing Deaths In Mythology

I researched 136 myths from around the world, from Greece to Japan, the Arctic to Africa, and ranked the 10 most disturbing deaths among them. Each one was scored on four things: who was involved, how it was done, the twist, and how wrong it feels. Many myths share the same story, so I kept only the darkest version of each. Watch to the end to find out what the top four have in common. CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:49 10. Meleager (Greece) 1:24 9. Selu (Cherokee) 2:06 8. Izanami (Japan) 2:49 7. Erysichthon (Greece) 3:31 6. Narfi (Norse) 3:59 5. Actaeon (Greece) 4:30 4. Ana (Romania) 5:32 3. Pelias (Greece) 6:20 2. Itys (Greece) 6:56 1. Pentheus (Greece) 7:49 What they have in common SOURCES Meleager: Ovid, Metamorphoses 8 Selu: James Mooney, Myths of the Cherokee (1900) Izanami: Kojiki Erysichthon: Ovid, Metamorphoses 8 Narfi: Snorri Sturluson, Gylfaginning 49–50 Actaeon: Ovid, Metamorphoses 3 Ana: the ballad Meșterul Manole, in Vasile Alecsandri, Poezii populare (1852) Pelias: Ovid, Metamorphoses 7 Itys: Ovid, Metamorphoses 6 Pentheus: Euripides, Bacchae Scene illustrations are AI-generated in the style of Gustave Doré's 19th-century engravings. Think there's a more disturbing death in mythology that deserved a place? Tell me in the comments. Next: the cruelest punishments in mythology. Be seeing you. #mythology #greekmythology #folklore #darkhistory #top10